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Benedictine University

Lisle, IL 1,942 Undergrads 59.4% Grad Rate
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Total Cost
$46,713
Sticker Price
Avg Net Price
$22,313
After Aid
Median Earnings
$72,460
4yr Post-Grad

Vs. Peer Institutions

Net Price$22,313
Peer Midpoint: $20,081
Earnings (4yr Post-Grad)Completers only after graduation
$72,460
Peer Midpoint: $60,428
Earnings (10yr Post-Enroll)All enrolled after enrollment
$63,446
Peer Midpoint: $53,763
Graduation Rate59.4%
Peer Midpoint: 58.9%
Average Starting Age23.5
Warning: High average starting age indicates non-traditional students with prior work experience, which may inflate the median earnings shown.
Socio-Economic Diversity
Pell Grant Recipients39.7%
Enrollment Status
Full-Time93.4%
Economic Outcomes
Earn More than HS78.1%

Admissions Profile

Acceptance
95.2%
SAT Avg
-
SAT Reading
25th: -57575th: -
SAT Math
25th: -59075th: -
ACT Composite
25th: -2475th: -

ROI Sensitivity Analysis
Assuming 4 Years to Graduation

This analysis tests three cost scenarios (Scholarship, Average Net Price, Full Sticker Price) to show how college costs impact your long-term return compared to the average student and a high school graduate.

Lifetime Value Added (NPV)
⚠️ Caution: Underlying earnings data reflects graduates only. This institution flagged for high risk factors (low completion/older demographics) that may artificially inflate this ROI.

Institution Lifetime NPV
Vs Median Peer
Vs HS Grad
Zero Cost (Scholarship)$0
+$633k
+$166k
+$148k
Median Cost$22k/yr
+$552k
+$85k
+$68k
Full Cost$47k/yr
+$465k
-$2k
-$20k

ROI Efficiency Metrics
⚠️ Caution: Underlying earnings data reflects graduates only. This institution flagged for high risk factors (low completion/older demographics) that may artificially inflate this ROI.

Break-Even Age
Return on Inv. %
Zero Cost (Scholarship)$0
30
∞
Median Cost$22k/yr
41
85%
Full Cost$47k/yr
Never
-12%
Analysis Assumptions:
  • Starting Salary: Estimated from the 4-year post-graduation median earnings (assuming 2% annual growth from graduation).⚠️ Warning: The high average starting age or low completion rate may inflate the Median earnings and ROI shown.
  • Comparisons: "Vs Median Peer" compares to the median student nationwide in a similar level program. "Vs HS Grad" compares to a median high school graduate.
  • Break-Even: The age at which the college investment net income exceeds the median high school graduate's lifetime earnings.
  • NPV: Net Present Value of all future earnings minus costs and taxes, discounted at 7.8%.

Social Impact ROINew
⚠️ Caution: Underlying earnings data reflects graduates only. This institution flagged for high risk factors (low completion/older demographics) that may artificially inflate this ROI.

Measures the societal return on a donor's investment. Calculated as the incremental pre-tax lifetime earnings vs. HS grad, divided by the tax-adjusted donation cost.

Donor Return71%

Gov. Pell Grant ROINew
⚠️ Caution: Underlying earnings data reflects graduates only. This institution flagged for high risk factors (low completion/older demographics) that may artificially inflate this ROI.

Measures the government's return on Pell Grants via increased tax revenue. Calculated as the portion of incremental lifetime taxes (discounted at 5.4%) attributed to the Pell Grant investment.

Taxpayer Return-40%
Important Note: Your ROI with any major will depend on the cost you pay to attend the program, and your starting salary. Both vary significantly across institutions. We encourage you to explore the ROI of a specific program variant by selecting the Program title of the credential level you are interested in. You will then have a more detailed return analysis for programs at specific institutions. We also encourage you to use the ROI calculator, or for more sophisticated analysis, the Guided ROI Interview, with your specific estimates of cost and salary.

Program ROI Analysis
⚠️ Caution: Underlying earnings data reflects graduates only. This institution flagged for high risk factors (low completion/older demographics) that may artificially inflate this ROI.

Associate's Degrees

Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$75,828
Natl Median: $47,793
Lifetime Value Added
+$234k

Bachelor's Degrees

Median Debt
$20,500
Earnings (4yr)
$79,917
Natl Median: $76,194
Lifetime Value Added
+$125k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $70,786
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $65,466
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Biology, General
BachCIP: 2601
Median Debt
$24,250
Earnings (4yr)
$66,960
Natl Median: $57,214
Lifetime Value Added
+$26k
Median Debt
$23,000
Earnings (4yr)
$65,665
Natl Median: $68,257
Lifetime Value Added
+$16k
Median Debt
$18,750
Earnings (4yr)
$71,185
Natl Median: $69,830
Lifetime Value Added
+$58k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $77,981
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Chemistry
BachCIP: 4005
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $65,120
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$25,000
Earnings (4yr)
$47,664
Natl Median: $56,359
Lifetime Value Added
-$131k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $55,384
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Computer Science
BachCIP: 1107
Median Debt
$24,000
Earnings (4yr)
$91,698
Natl Median: $107,009
Lifetime Value Added
+$215k
Median Debt
$25,000
Earnings (4yr)
$63,033
Natl Median: $55,378
Lifetime Value Added
-$5k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $51,490
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Engineering Science
BachCIP: 1413
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $93,782
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $48,590
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $61,027
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$24,000
Earnings (4yr)
$83,914
Natl Median: $83,343
Lifetime Value Added
+$155k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $41,367
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$23,000
Earnings (4yr)
$46,788
Natl Median: $54,945
Lifetime Value Added
-$138k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $68,245
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$22,697
Earnings (4yr)
$50,130
Natl Median: $61,911
Lifetime Value Added
-$110k
History
BachCIP: 5401
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $50,680
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$29,048
Earnings (4yr)
$90,891
Natl Median: $68,069
Lifetime Value Added
+$209k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $85,294
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $73,201
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
International/Globalization Studies
BachCIP: 3020
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $59,972
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $53,072
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$25,000
Earnings (4yr)
$85,904
Natl Median: $86,176
Lifetime Value Added
+$171k
Marketing
BachCIP: 5214
Median Debt
$20,201
Earnings (4yr)
$70,129
Natl Median: $69,303
Lifetime Value Added
+$50k
Mathematics
BachCIP: 2701
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $69,562
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Music
BachCIP: 5009
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $42,892
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $55,012
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Philosophy
BachCIP: 3801
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $54,455
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Physics
BachCIP: 4008
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $76,786
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$71,749
Natl Median: $63,293
Lifetime Value Added
+$63k
Psychology, General
BachCIP: 4201
Median Debt
$26,000
Earnings (4yr)
$53,994
Natl Median: $50,706
Lifetime Value Added
-$78k
Median Debt
$12,500
Earnings (4yr)
$97,934
Natl Median: $88,910
Lifetime Value Added
+$263k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $55,000
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$27,470
Earnings (4yr)
$50,054
Natl Median: $56,812
Lifetime Value Added
-$111k
Sociology
BachCIP: 4511
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $52,657
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $50,499
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness
BachCIP: 3105
Median Debt
$26,000
Earnings (4yr)
$56,576
Natl Median: $54,562
Lifetime Value Added
-$57k
Median Debt
$23,033
Earnings (4yr)
$44,659
Natl Median: $47,382
Lifetime Value Added
-$156k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $51,389
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $44,535
Lifetime Value Added
N/A

Master's Degrees

Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $95,833
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$54,667
Earnings (4yr)
$102,850
Natl Median: $103,485
Lifetime Value Added
+$224k
Median Debt
$66,788
Earnings (4yr)
$59,869
Natl Median: $65,184
Lifetime Value Added
-$155k
Median Debt
$40,312
Earnings (4yr)
$72,603
Natl Median: $66,523
Lifetime Value Added
-$41k
Median Debt
$55,614
Earnings (4yr)
$91,575
Natl Median: $83,558
Lifetime Value Added
+$125k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $58,093
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $106,092
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $124,807
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$46,217
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $67,681
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Public Health
MastCIP: 5122
Median Debt
$67,599
Earnings (4yr)
$79,533
Natl Median: $82,751
Lifetime Value Added
+$20k
Median Debt
$34,110
Earnings (4yr)
$116,040
Natl Median: $120,193
Lifetime Value Added
+$339k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $64,397
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness
MastCIP: 3105
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $62,033
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Taxation
MastCIP: 5216
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $114,810
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $59,916
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$63,773
Natl Median: $63,707
Lifetime Value Added
-$119k

Graduate Certificates

Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $95,414
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Public Health
Gr-CertCIP: 5122
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $88,684
Lifetime Value Added
N/A

Doctoral Degrees

Median Debt
$61,500
Earnings (4yr)
$88,754
Natl Median: $100,573
Lifetime Value Added
-$70k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $110,734
Lifetime Value Added
N/A

Note: Lifetime Value Added is the Net Present Value (NPV) of estimated career earnings relative to a median high school graduate (for undergraduate programs) or a median bachelor's degree holder (for graduate programs), accounting for this institution's average cost and taxes. Computed over a career to retirement age.

For graduate programs (Master's, Doctoral, etc.), the calculation assumes a starting age of 22 (after undergraduate completion) and does not include the sunk costs of prior degrees. It represents the value added of the graduate decision moving forward. Note that the institution's average undergraduate net price is used as a proxy for annual cost, which may differ from actual graduate tuition. These Lifetime Value Added results for graduate degrees should not be compared with those for Undergraduate Certificates, Associates or Bachelors.

Completers Only: Federal median earnings data strictly reflects outcomes for students who successfully graduated. Students who do not complete their degree typically earn significantly less and face higher risks of debt default.